Illuminated house number



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ILLUMINATED HOUSE NUMBER Filed March 22f 1927 /ffs 5596,45; v

SH01 M14 May 8, 1928.

Voluired to complete the Patented May 8, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELS IBERGN, 0F RACINE, WISCONSIN.

ILLUMINATED HoUsE NUMBER.

Application led March 22, 1927. Serial No. 177,398.

My invention relates to improvements in house numbers of thatl characterdesigned to be afiixed to dwellings and illuminated electrically fromwithin by appliances readily ncontrolled for lighting the number whende- .Fig 3; Fig. 5, a detail section taken on the dotted line 5-5 inFig. 3; Fig. 6, a perspective of a numbering card or panel which Iemploy; and Fig. 7, is a detail sectional view taken on the dotted line7-7 in Fig. 3.

In said drawing 5 indicates the number containing section of the casing,which embodies atop, 6, having a grooved flange, 7 along its rear edge.The front wall, 8 of the casing is inclined inwardly, and formed with anoutwardly projecting or offset rim, 10, the lower end of' the wall beingprovided with ears or clips, 11. Within therim 1t) I position outer andinner transparent plates, 12, 12', which may be of glass, and, betweenwhich plates are placed the required numbered panels, 13, the numeralsbeing preferably cut therethrough. As the cards or panels areindividually numbered it will be understood that any combination ofnumerals can be assembled to produce a desired total number, and blankfillers, 14, may be used to fill the space between plates 12, 12',according to the lesser or greater number of panels-rehouse number.Within each side of the wall 8 I secure suitable keepers, 15, which maybe adjusted to retain the plates 12, 12', in the casing, and to bedisengaged from said plates when it is desired to insert and changefigures or complete numbers. l

The back Wall section, 20, which constitutes part of the casing,embodies an up er and a lower fiange 21, 22, and is provided with screwholes, 23, through which, and projections 24 (Fig. 4) at the rear sidethereof, screws 25 are inserted for securing saidback wall 20 to abuilding, 26, or other support, so that the same will stand away fromthe building to provide Ventilating space. On the inner side of saidback wall I attach a lamp holder, 27, of spring material in which acommercial electric lamp, 28, is secured, the cord, 29, runningtherefrom passing through an insulator, 30, which is held in a socket,3l, secured to the back plate or wall by a nut, 32. It will beunderstood, of course, that the building wall is bored, as at 33,through which the insulator 30 and cord 29 are passed, and in which thesocket 31 is inserted, the insulator being fixedly held in position by ascrew follower, 34, in a well known manner.

When the back wall 20 has been installed substantially as shown in Fig.5, the outer casing 5 may be readily attached thereto by fitting thegrooved flange 7 thereof upon the upper flange 21 of the back wall,which properly alines these elements, and their bending theV clips orears 'l1 about the lower flange 22 of the back wall, which unifies thestructure into the triangular shape indicated in Figs. 1 and 5. It willbe observed that the back wall 20 is provided with openin s, 35, which,in connection with the space tween saidwall andthe structure to which itvis secured, provide means for Ventilating the interior of the housenumber from the atmosphere. It will be also understood that the lamp 28can be controlled by a switch communicating with the wires, 36 ofthecord 29, to be readily lighted and extinguished as desired, or a commonand well known plug 29 may be employed.

In the manner disclosed I provide an illaminated house number of simpleconstruction comprising but two sections, which may be readilyinstalled, removed and repaired or changed with slight effort and skill,and the back wall 2O thereof being composed of polished metal acts as areflector to project the light through the cut figures in the inclined'front walll of the casing, which inclination serves to throw the lightdownwardly and the discernment of the figures thus facilitated.

I claim as my invention:

1..In an illuminated house number, a wall, means for securing said wallto a building, a number containing casing embodying a grooved flangeadapted to detachably-engage the upper end of said wall, said casinhaving a horizontal top and a down-y ward y inclined front wall, meansat the lowerside of said casing for clamping the same to said Wall, asocket 1n the Wall, a lamp in said casmg energizing means for 'said lampconnected thereto and passing through said socket, and means associatedwith said energizing means adapted to be secured to a source ofelectrical energy.

2. In an illuminated house number, a flanged wall, means for securingthe Wall to a building, a number containing 4casing embodying adownwardly inclined transparent number bearing wall,.said easing havinga flange detachably connecting the upper end of the casing to saidflanged Wall, clips on the lower end of the casinor adapted to beattached about the lower end` of said flanged wall for securing thecasing to the wall, a lamp holder in the casing, a lamp detachablysecured to the holder, a socket on said wall, an insulator in saidsocket, a cord connected to the lamp and passing through said insulator,and a fixture secured to the cord for connecting the latter to a sourceof electrical energy.

3. In an illuminated house number, a wall flanged at its upper and lowersides, a number containing casing embodying a grooved flange adapted todetachably engage the upper flange of said wall, means at the lower endof the casing for cla'mpmg the same to the lower flange of the Wall,trans-v 'for detachably securing the lower 'ends of said sections, meansfor vsecuring the casing in spaced relation to a building, anilluminating lamp in the Casing, a cord connected to the lamp, meansconnected to the wall section through which said cord passes into theinterior of' a building, andl means connected to the cord for detachablysecuring the same to a source of electrical energy.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

NELS BERGAN.

